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Well, for me... bobsledai Send a noteboard - 08/07/2010 04:22:13 PM
It's the sheer number of characters introduced that made me ask the question. Most books don't have anywhere close to the number of characters as the WoT.

Of course, it's also the sheer number of characters that made it hard for me to notice that people did have the same name.
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How many non-WoT books have characters with duplicate names? Cannoli - 08/07/2010 02:35:08 PM 990 Views
Well, for me... bobsledai - 08/07/2010 04:22:13 PM 623 Views
It's rare in fiction Sidious - 08/07/2010 08:39:38 PM 639 Views
Not true. It's rare in genre fiction. *NM* Tom - 09/07/2010 11:30:38 PM 220 Views
If you write stories regularly, you understand the problem newyorkersedai - 08/07/2010 09:14:13 PM 862 Views
Re: If you write stories regularly, you understand the problem Underwood - 09/07/2010 05:20:04 PM 566 Views
Actually, I never thought "John" and "Jonathan" were different names. newyorkersedai - 10/07/2010 12:41:36 AM 550 Views
It's fairly rare DomA - 08/07/2010 09:53:59 PM 625 Views
The Bible would seem to be a good place to research this dadof5 - 09/07/2010 04:10:32 PM 521 Views
That's cause the Old Testament rocks. *NM* Kronin al'Sulc - 09/07/2010 06:14:22 PM 290 Views
There are lots of repeated names in the Old Testament. Tom - 09/07/2010 11:36:40 PM 516 Views
It's fairly common in Russian literature at least. Tom - 09/07/2010 11:35:24 PM 530 Views
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